Named after the northern part of Kaulsdorf, on whose land the housing estate was built.
The station lies in Hellersdorf, but the estate around it was built on land that originally belonged to Kaulsdorf. Planned as Hellersdorfer Straße, it opened on 1 July 1989 as Albert-Norden-Straße, after an SED Politburo member. On 2 October 1991, after reunification, the BVG renamed it Kaulsdorf-Nord.